to take back what was said
to admit that you were wrong
to force someone to retract what they have said
to admit that a statement you made before is wrong (often publicly)
to feel foolish about something that you have said
I can’t believe that he didn’t trust that we could win. He will have to eat his words.
You said that I would never finish this race. You will have to eat your words.
I can’t believe that my husband remembered to bring home sugar. I will have to eat my words.
I didn’t think that you could do it. I will have to eat my words.
I have had to eat my words about it never snowing in our town.
They said, “I’d never get into college.” I made them eat their words I was accepted into four.
There is no origin for this idiom
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